The Director of the Serious Incident Response Team (SiRT) found no reasonable grounds to believe a member of the RCMP committed an offence in connection with a serious injury sustained by an adult male in a collision with an RCMP police vehicle.

On July 3, 2024, SiRT received a referral from the RCMP regarding a head-on collision between a marked police vehicle and an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) that took place on Highway 105 outside of Perth-Andover that night.

The male driving the ATV was seen running a stop sign, driving on the highway at a high speed, and passing cars on a solid line. An attempt from the RCMP officer to pull the driver over resulted in a low-speed head-on collision. The man driving the ATV suffered a fractured foot. The officer was not injured.

SiRT is responsible for investigating all matters that involve death, serious injury, sexual assault and intimate partner violence or other matters of a public interest that may have arisen from the actions of any police officer in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Investigations are under the direction and control of an independent civilian director, who has the sole authority to determine if charges should be laid at the conclusion of an investigation.

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